The UKNCC Guest Contributor Programme publishes contrasting responses by leading authors to key questions. The programme is designed to stimulate a deeper exploration of China related issues, drive curiosity and test conventional wisdom. All responses have been written for the Guest Contributor Programme and have not been published elsewhere.
Issue 19
What is the outlook for EU-China relations?
Authors: Andreea Brinza, Alice Politi, Prof. Li Xing
Themes: the role of different EU regions in driving EU policy on China; how EU-China relations have changed; how these changes are perceived in China; the future outlook of EU-China relations.
Issue 18
Is China the leader of the Global South?
Authors: Lukas Fiala, Margaret Myers, Dr. Rebecca Nadin
Themes: is China a partner or creditor; China’s current influence in the Global South; what contenders China faces; why China considers the Global South as so important.
Issue 17
Does the UK now have a China strategy?
Authors: Dr. Winnie King, Ruby Osman, Eddie Knight
Themes: how China-UK relationships have developed; China’s engagement with the UK; the UK’s current objectives; how the UK’s China strategy compares to the EU and US.
Issue 16
The Belt & Road Initiative: What to expect?
Authors: Dr. Ammar A. Malik, Clementine Pippa Ebel
Themes: the role of education in the BRI; the BRI’s global financial impact; how China’s BRI strategy has evolved; the Russia-Ukraine conflict’s impact on the BRI’s future.
Issue 15
What is unique about protests in China?
Authors: Prof. William Hurst, Mengyu Han
Themes: how protests are organised in China; what government and public perception of protests looks like; the uniqueness of the November protests; the protests’ long and short term impacts.
Issue 14
What challenges face China post-Covid?
Authors: George Magnus, Tang Bei
Themes: China’s post-covid economic outlook; covid’s domestic and international political impacts on China; how post covid global trends impact China; the long-term effects of the zero-covid policy.
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To view our earlier publications, please refer to our 'Previous Issues' page.
Our editorial process:
- A series of questions, covering a broad range of issues, are constantly reviewed by the editorial team. Questions can be proposed by anyone.
- Two or three authors are invited to respond to each single question – who are likely to offer different perspectives and opinions on the issue(s) being explored.
- Submissions are intended to be “quick reads” and therefore are limited to 1,250 words excluding footnotes and hyperlinks.
- All submissions are subject to editorial control in respect to fact-checking, grammar and spelling. Once reviewed, each author is asked to approve the final version for publication.
- In the instance that an author fails to reference a statement of fact, or quoted source, he or she will be asked by the editorial team to use an alternative prior to publication.
- Each submission is to be written as an ‘Op-Ed’, thus reflecting the opinions of the author, and seek to advance a particular point of view and/or recommendation.
- The views expressed in the UKNCC Guest Contributor Programme are of each author and do not represent those of UKNCC as an organisation or of any individual associated with it.
- Contributors who prefer to participate by spoken interview (which is recorded and then transcribed) can be accommodated. Contributors will be asked to approve the final written version for publication.
- Authors are not allowed to write anonymously or under a pseudonym.
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